Everything was in a turmoil and he was not in his focus to end anything for the day, he was dragging himself to work, to try to work at least.

He rejected yet another project and eyed the only two project he had finalised for the day. they would start in about a month.

There was nothing that was letting him sit still and work, all he wanted was to drown himself in a heavy drink to oblivion.

His heart was constricting being in his own office. Everywhere he looked he saw her traces, nothing was louder than her laughter in the silent deserted land of his heart.

He was scared for once in his life, he was scared to know how he will find her that is if he finds her... She could be injured, hurt or... He wanted to abandon the world and be where she is. If only he knew where she is. 

Lei Xinyi was like Golden sparrow to them and the Lei's were brutal. They wouldn't stop at anything. They could be torturing her...

He couldn't sleep, whenever he closed his eyes he saw her face and wondered if she was getting any sleep or not, whenever he tried to eat anything, a thought weighed him, if she was getting anything to eat or not...

Every luxury he enjoyed, he thought of her agony and pain.

Since he had known that she was abducted he was left devastated as it was before he had hope that she was hiding somewhere, healthy and well but this simple fact changed everything. 

His office door knocked before Ji Zhou entered his room dishevelled. Li Yaun looked at him and sighed in frustration and coldly demanded, "What is it?"

Ji Zhou hesitantly put the wireless receiver on his desk and took some steps back, "Sir... it's Miss Lu Xinyi. She is down on the reception and wishes to talk to you."

Li Yuan brows shot up on his forehead in disbelief. He wanted nothing to do with that little missy! Now what did this missy want from him?!

Wasn't she warming Yu Youhan's bed, what did she want from him then?! Now, what was it to add to the pile of his stress?!

He was annoyed but more curious. What was it that she wanted from him and Yu Youhan couldn't give her?

He picked the receiver and demanded coldly, "What do you want?"

He heard a quiet hesitant voice from the other end, "I...I want to meet you."

"For what?"

There was a pause on the other side before Lu Xinyi spoke again, "Please...I won't take too much of your time. I can wait in the restaurant by the end of the street." She didn't hear a reply so she hurriedly added, "I will make it quick, I promise."

The line went dead, she had hung up. Li Yuan looked at the receiver with narrowed eyes. 

The little princess never failed to get on his nerves. Though meek and innocent, the girl was prideful and spoilt, always fussing and throwing tantrums. Even listening to her whinny voice made him wince in headache.

And then her childish behaviour knew no bounds! 

He looked at the timepiece and smirked, he will go to see the irritating wench but after she had waited for 1 hour and 40 minutes. The double of the time he waited for her when they had a 'date' and she eloped with his cousin.

Her fault...she had told him, she could 'wait'.

About almost two hours later, Lu Xinyi was fuming in rage in her seat. It had been almost two hours now! His a.s.sistant informed them he would show up but there was no sign of him!

She was sitting in a private room that was exclusively Li Yuan's and he had told them he would meet them here. Riley was waiting in the car and had called twice by now.

Enough was enough! The despicable excuse of a man never tired of making her a joke! This was his another scheme to humiliate her too.

Lu Xinyi slammed the teacup on the table and was about to stand up when the door opened with a 'THUD' and Li Yuan entered regally like he owned the place, which he did.

Lu Xinyi temper hit the roof. He was smirking at her in smugness like he had won. 

He took the seat opposite her and mused with a mocking nod, "I see... you are not scrunching your nose at me any more." He pointed at her face and gave another nerve-wracking smirk, "No scowling too... Improvement."

Lu Xinyi bristled and restrained herself from throwing the cup at him. At last, she huffed and looked away as the waiter took his order.

Li Yuan smirked at her behaviour. The waiter brought his tea and left in a hurry.

He couldn't pinpoint what was it about her but he received an unexplainable joy by irritating her since she was a kid.

Once they were alone, Lu Xinyi threw him a dirty look and spat, "I have been waiting here for about two hours! Don't you have decency enough to not be cra.s.s for once and respect others time?!"

Li Yuan leaned back on his seat and softly smiled, "Well, some people here actually contribute to Earth by working unlike freeloader so... you see, people can't really respect someone's time who has all the time in the world."

Lu Xinyi eyes widened before she opened and closed her mouth to respond but then opted to huff and look away. It wasn't her fault her parents didn't allow her to work!

Li Yuan observed the girl's familiar face. She was looking out of the window and silently venting her temper. The girl really had one h.e.l.l of a temper. It was beyond him how Yu Youhan could bear her.

She was beautiful, a carbon-copy of Lei Xinyi except for the hazel eyes and golden-brown hairs she had, but he didn't for a moment see Lei Xinyi in her. There was no resemblance in their physique or nature but the features.

Lei Xinyi was taller and more curvier than her. Lu Xinyi had a soft aura about her but Lei Xinyi radiated wildness from miles away.

Lu Xinyi was a good girl for a good man but he wasn't that man. He didn't want to cage a woman and always keep her behind him as his mother and grandmother lived because of the dangers that came with their business. 

He didn't even realize the kind of woman he desired until Lei Xinyi. He wanted a woman he stood toe to toe with him, with her head high in pride and confidence. That was Lei Xinyi for him.

Lu Xinyi was just too meek, immature in his eyes. She was good at many things too. She was an infamous artist but she was a protected child, who needed always a little bit of support. She was sweet, shy and one h.e.l.l of a beauty but to him, she was just like Su Qainwei. So familiar that he was immune to them.

Lu Xinyi was muling over the fact that she wasn't here for chit-chat. She came here with a purpose in mind and no matter how irritating it was to endure him, she wouldn't go without fulfilling her motive so she leaned forward on the seat.

Lu Xinyi took a deep breath and faced him, she started hesitantly, "I heard she was pregnant..."

"Where are you going with this?" Li Yuan cut her off coldly.

He wasn't ready for someone to talk about her to him yet. He was just not ready and especially from this childish woman! It felt like all his st.i.tches were ripped the moment her name was mentioned.

Lu Xinyi flinched backwards at his tone and turned red in embarra.s.sment, the girl was missing or...possibly dead. She had his child, it wasn't something she should have talked about. His wounds were still fresh...

Lu Xinyi looked at the table and began again in an even weaker tone, "The Lu Family had helped you in dire times..."

Li Yuan scoffed and cut her off yet again, "If you think you are going to guilt-trip me here. Wake up to the world of the living, little princess! Lu Family only 'supported' me for the beginning one and a half year of the engagement. And I have repaid them in the Business world by ten times over these years. If anything the Lu's owe me!"

Lu Xinyi was never someone he considered a woman to have a relation with. She just didn't give him that vibes. Whenever he looked at her, he felt like he was looking at an underage teenage girl! Looking at her just made him miss Lei Xinyi more.

He narrowed his eyes at the woman and asked the question that was bugging him, "So, little missy, Does Yuohan knows you are here?"

Lu Xinyi recoiled back in shock of his words and her eyes widened a fraction.

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